Microsoft rehearing sought on bundling

Published Thursday, July 19, 2001

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday that it will ask for a new hearing on whether the company illegally bundled code for Web browsing software with that of its dominant Windows desktop operating system.

Three weeks after a federal appeals court voided its breakup, Microsoft said the Justice Department had not backed up its claim that the company used the software to further its operating system monopoly.

''A detailed analysis of the factual record discloses that the district court's finding that Microsoft engaged in unjustified 'commingling' of software code is clearly erroneous,'' the company wrote.